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Aaditya Thackeray leads protest against Metro car shed
Former Maharashtra and Shiv Sena minister on Sunday slammed the state government’s decision to construct a Metro car shed in Mumbai’s Aarey Colony and said the 808 acres of land was reserved as forest and “human greed and lack of compassion cannot be allowed to destroy biodiversity” during a...
Lanka protesters stumble upon President’s millions
The anti-government protesters in Sri Lanka who broke into embattled President Gotabaya Rajapaksa’s official residence have claimed to have recovered millions of rupees inside his mansion, according to a media report on Sunday. A video is being shared on social media showing the protesters counting the currency notes that...
Gotabaya flees after protesters storm president’s house
Sri Lanka President Gotabaya Rajapaksa fled his official residence today as thousands of anti-government protesters barged into his residence demanding his resignation. Amid the chaos, videos emerged of suitcases being loaded on a Sri Lanka Navy ship. Local media claims that the suitcases were of President Rajapaksa. The visuals...
Shivpal, Rajbhar at Yogi dinner indicate deeper UP cracks
After weeks of speculations over the widening rift, Suheldev Bhartiya Samaj Party Chief and Pragatisheel Samajwadi Party (Lohia) showed first signs of dissent against ally Samajwadi Party as their party chiefs attended the dinner hosted by UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday. SBSP chief Om Prakash Rajbhar and...
15,000 rescued, 40 still missing in Amarnath cloudburst
About 15,000 pilgrims have been moved to safety from near the holy cave shrine of Amarnath after a flash flood triggered by a cloudburst swept away scores of people, killing at least 15. More than 40 people are still missing, officials said. The Indian Army and the Indo-Tibetan Border...
Haryana man arrested for threat to Nupur Sharma
Police in Nuh have arrested the man who was a day ago booked for allegedly declaring a reward of Rs 2 crore for cutting off now-suspended BJP leader Nupur Sharma’s tongue over her remarks on Prophet Mohammad during a TV debate. Accused Irshad Pradhan was charged on Thursday after...
Assam tightens cattle slaughter rules ahead of Bakrid
Ahead of Eid al-Adha, the Assam government has asked the Deputy Commissioner and Superintendent of Police to ensure compliance with the Animal Welfare Board of India’s Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) regarding stopping of illegal killing or sacrifice of cows, calves, camels, and other animals and taking action against the...
Musk drops $44-b Twitter deal; board threatens action
Elon Musk has terminated the $44 billion Twitter deal, citing that the microblogging platform had failed to provide him proper information on the fake accounts on its site. The billionaire notified the decision in an US SEC filing, accusing the social media company of breaching “multiple provisions of the...
Uddhav camp files new plea in SC against Governor decision
The Shiv Sena faction led by Uddhav Thackeray has petitioned the Supreme Court against Maharashtra Governor Bhagat Singh Koshyari’s decision to invite Eknath Shinde to form the state government, sources said. It has also challenged the assembly proceedings on Monday, during which the new Maharashtra Chief Minister aced through the floor...
Row over Assam indigenous status to 5 Muslim subgroups
The Assam cabinet this week decided to grant indigenous status to five Muslim groups. The Goria, Moria, Jolha, Deshi, and Syed will now be known as “indigenous Assamese Muslims”, said state minister Keshab Mahanta while briefing the media in Guwahati. This will essentially separate these subgroups from the Bengali-speaking...
ED conducts raids against Jharkhand CM Soren’s aide
The ED on Friday conducted raids at about 18 locations in Jharkhand as part of a money laundering investigation against Pankaj Mishra, the political representative of Chief Minister Hemant Soren, and some others, officials said. The searches are being conducted in Sahibganj district and its towns like Berhait and...
Shiv Sena divide means more votes for Droupadi Murmu
The big divide in the Shiv Sena may have a spin-off effect on the Presidential polls in terms of voting by the party MPs. The Sena faction led by Uddhav Thackeray was part of the opposition deliberations and supported the candidature of joint opposition candidate Yashwant Sinha. But the...
Ex Japanese PM Shinzo Abe shot at poll meeting
Former Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abewas feared dead on Friday after apparently being shot at a campaign event in the Nara region, local media reported. National broadcaster NHK said a man in his 40s had been arrested for attempted murder and a gun had been confiscated from him, citing...
Uddhav-Shinde battle now shifts to Lok Sabha
The Uddhav Sena versus Shinde Sena fight has now reached the Lok Sabha with the faction led by the former Maharashtra chief minister, reduced to a minority in the Maharashtra assembly, appointing a new chief whip for the lower house, replacing MP Bhavana Gawali. The Uddhav Thackeray-led Shiv Sena...
TMC targets Modi over cooking gas price hike
The Trinamool Congress on Wednesday targeted Prime Minister Narendra Modi for a hike in domestic cooking gas and said the common man continues to suffer but he does not care. Cooking gas LPG price on Wednesday was hiked by Rs 50 per cylinder, the third increase in rates since...
Shinde denies meeting Pawar. rubbishes photo
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde on Wednesday said that rumours are spread that he had met NCP president Sharad Pawar a day before. “My photo with NCP chief Sharad Pawar is being made viral. There was no such meeting. Please don’t believe in rumours,” Shinde tweeted. Shinde’s rebellion with...
Trinamool’s Mahua stands by Kali comment, challenges BJP
Trinamool Congress’s Mahua Moitra — who had a clutch of police cases filed against her over her remark on Goddess Kali as a “meat-eating and alcohol-accepting goddess” that has offended the BJP — on Wednesday said she stands by her comment and challenged the party to prove her wrong....
WHO reports new Omicron sub-variant in India
A new sub-lineage BA.2.75 of the Omicron variant of the coronavirus has been detected in countries like India and the World Health Organisation is following this, Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said. “On COVID-19, globally reported cases have increased nearly 30 per cent over the past two weeks. Four out...
